Mike Schroepfer’s Post

🍌 In this month’s Gigascale Spotlight, we’re talking about food waste with Matthew Rogers, Co-Founder of Mill. It's tempting to believe food waste is harmless. It's biodegradable, right? Unfortunately, that's not the case when it's thrown in the trash. When left to decompose in landfills, it emits methane, a greenhouse gas that is 80 times more potent at warming the atmosphere than CO2. Food waste accounts for a staggering 10% of global emissions. Households are a big culprit, with nearly half of all food ending up in the trash. Enter Mill, founded by Matthew Rogers and Harry Tannenbaum. They've created a sleek, high-tech food recycler that turns scraps into odorless, dry grounds that can feed farms or gardens. In its first year alone, Mill saved ~2 million pounds of food from landfills and drove some pretty impressive behavior change among its customers. Want to dive deeper? Check out the full conversation for more insights. #climatetech #cleantech #foodinnovation #foodwaste

Today is a huge day for Xcimer! We just announced that we’ve raised $100 million in a Series A round to fund our mission to bring inertial fusion to the energy grid - so the world gains a clean, safe, and abundant power source. We couldn’t ask for a better team of investors. The oversubscribed round was led by Hedosophia, with participation from investors including: Breakthrough Energy Lowercarbon Capital Prelude Ventures Emerson Collective Gigascale Capital Starlight Ventures Learn about our technology and how we’ll use these funds in our press release and our new website. https://lnkd.in/gAi93qpj #climatetech #fusionenergy #cleanenergy #fusion

I think Mike Schroepfer is one of the greatest technologists of the last two decades: 📈 Scaled product to billions of users as former CTO of Meta 📦 Shipped millions of units of consumer hardware 👥 Led 35,000 people at Facebook My biggest lessons from our conversation 👇 1. Why The Best Leaders are Conductors You can get all the best players in the world But if they all played different song sheets it’ll sound terrible. Too many leaders undervalue coordination & optimization. 2. Inertia Is the Most Underappreciated Force The inertia of early success can make teams pursue the wrong direction. They would chase the $10BN market and miss the $100BN market. Many high-functioning orgs do the right thing but operate at a local maximum. 3. Climate is a 10 Trillion Dollar Problem It’s not a $100BN problem philanthropy and governments can solve. You need markets to solve this. The biggest challenge is the availability of clean & cheap energy. 4. Why the Next Few Years Will Be Messy but With Huge Opportunity There’s a massive spike in demand for clean energy but progress is still limited. Solar & battery storage is improving & we’re reaching a breakthrough. We’ll have a good shot at unlimited clean energy in the next decade. 5. Is It Too Late to Save the Climate? The best time to start was 30 years ago - the second best time is now. We need to do a bit of everything: solar, wind, electrification, carbon removal… Humans can get shit done fast when we put our minds to it. 6. How Climate Change Startups Should Pitch: Cheaper and Better Most people & enterprises are busy. Your pitch should focus on why your product is cheaper or better first. Being good for the environment should be a small asterisk at the end. (links in comments) #founder #funding #business #investing #vc #venturecapital #climatechange #startup #seed #funding #meta #facebook

💡 Here’s a lesser-known truth about working in climate tech: it’s all about the people. Being part of this movement means you're surrounded by individuals deeply motivated to make a difference for their families, communities, and the places they love most. It makes for a truly mission-driven culture that goes beyond the scope of any single company. 🎥 In a recent interview, Phil Krinner, co-founder and CEO Arch shares that working in climate tech has shown him how a company’s mission isn’t just something employees buy into. Rather, it's a reflection of each individual’s personal goals. This insight shifts the narrative from working for a company to working through a company. 👉 Watch the full interview in our latest Gigascaling Solutions newsletter: https://lnkd.in/gdXuuWDR